The crew on Flight 383 from Tampa to Atlanta asked passengers to remain seated. A passenger said he heard two loud thumps, which caused passengers to panic.
A plane’s brake pads overheated causing a plane’s landing gear to catch fire over the weekend in Georgia.
“Like, like when I woke up, I was like what was that noise? -- but I shook it off. I saw people starting to get up and rushing to the front of the plane. That's when my heart kind of dropped,” he said.The fire did not disrupt other flight operations.
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